Yǐsaìyàshū 42:17

17 Yǐkào diāokè de ǒuxiàng , duì zhùzào de ǒuxiàng shuō , nǐ shì wǒmen de shén , zhè dĕng rén yào tuì hòu , quán rán méng xiū .

Yǐsaìyàshū 42:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 42:17

They shall be turned back
Either from their former course, from their idolatry and their idols, and be converted, and turn to the living God; or it may be understood of such Gentiles as were not converted, when others were, who should be put to flight, and should fly to the rocks and mountains to hide and cover them from the wrath of God; for this phrase is used of the overthrow of enemies, of their being obliged to turn their backs and flee: they shall be greatly ashamed that trust in graven images;
as converted persons when they come to be convinced of the folly of their idolatrous practices are; and if not converted, yet are confounded when they find their idols cannot help and assist them, nor deliver them out of their trouble: that say to the molten images, ye are our gods;
as the Israelites did to the molten calf made by Aaron; and the stupidity of the one and the other is much alike; this of the Gentiles, and that of the Israelites.

Yǐsaìyàshū 42:17 In-Context

15 Wǒ yào shǐ dà shān xiǎo gāng biàn wèi huāng cháng , shǐ qí shang de huā cǎo dōu kū gān , wǒ yào shǐ jiāng hé biàn wèi zhōu dǎo , shǐ shuǐ chí dōu gān hé .
16 Wǒ yào yǐn xiāzi xíng bú rènshi de dào , lǐng tāmen zǒu bù zhīdào de lù . zaì tāmen miànqián shǐ hēiàn biàn wèi guāngmíng , shǐ wānqū biàn wèi píng zhí . zhèxie shì wǒ dōu yào xíng , bìng bù lí qì tāmen .
17 Yǐkào diāokè de ǒuxiàng , duì zhùzào de ǒuxiàng shuō , nǐ shì wǒmen de shén , zhè dĕng rén yào tuì hòu , quán rán méng xiū .
18 Nǐmen zhè ĕr lóng de tīng ba . nǐmen zhè yǎn xiā de kàn ba . shǐ nǐmen néng kànjian .
19 Shuí bǐ wǒde púrén yǎn xiā ne , shuí bǐ wǒ chāiqiǎn de shǐzhĕ ĕr lóng ne , shuí xiāyǎn xiàng nà yǔ wǒ héhǎo de , shuí xiāyǎn xiàng Yēhéhuá de púrén ne .
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